Humberto Vivanco submitted this photograph for Picture of the Day, with a short note: “T-6 at ease. I did a photoshoot for a friend and this is one of the final images.” Would you to like have your photo featured as Picture of the Day? You can submit it via the form below today’s picture […]
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A veteran pilot’s favorite aircraft
Longtime pilot Ken Haenlein’s favorite flights are at the controls of his 1941 Boeing Stearman over the pine-covered North Carolina Sandhill region. But his professional flying has always taken him a lot farther from home. Haenlein is owner and chief pilot of Time Saver Aviation, a Part 135 on-demand flying operation headquartered at Moore County […]
Air Scan cuts the sound of silence
I’m fortunate. I work from home and I enjoy that benefit. If there’s a downside, it would be the noise or lack thereof. It can be energizing to have the subtle din of fellow workers sending emails, making calls, thinking out loud. You know…working. As I sit in my shop, by myself, too often I’ve […]
Cessna cabin doorpost bulkhead cracks lead to proposed airworthiness directive
A notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for an airworthiness directive (AD) for some Cessna 172, 182, 206, 207, and 210 models was prompted by a report of cracks found in the lower area of the forward cabin doorpost bulkhead. The NPRM was published to the Federal Register Feb. 1, 2018. The proposed AD would require repetitively […]
Take a virtual tour of the EAA Aviation Museum
Would you like to visit the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, but can’t fit it into your schedule? Now, you can take a virtual tour of the museum, using your phone or desktop computer. With photos courtesy of Lyle Jansma from AeroCapture Images, you can tour the museum, including close up photos of the cockpits […]
Droneport Texas hosts 2018 Winterfest Drone Fly-In
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Did you know a drone operator in Texas who takes a photo of a person, without that person’s consent, and posts that photo to social media is subject to a significant financial penalty? The law, regulations, licensing, as well as basic do’s and don’ts when flying a drone, will all be […]
Piper ditched in ocean after unexplained power loss
The private pilot was flying over the ocean and just off the coast of Miami when an air traffic controller asked him to descend to 500′. He reduced power and applied carburetor heat until he reached the assigned altitude. He then attempted to increase engine power and level off, however, even with the throttle full […]
Pictures (and video) of the day: Yak formation flight
Piergiorgio Goldoni sent in these photos, explaining: “Took off from Aviosuperfice of Sassuolo in Italy with our Yak 52. We headed to the G. Paolucci Airport of Pavullo where, after lunch, we performed a flight in tandem with a Yak 50 above the mountain.” “What to say,” he adds. “A wonderful day.” A video of […]
A dose of FAA revenue reality
I was recently poking around the FAA website when I came across the Airport and Airway Trust Fund Fact Sheet for fiscal year 2016. It was like re-reading a section of the FARs after too many years. The trust fund was created in 1970 to fund aviation programs with aviation-related excise taxes on passengers, cargo, […]